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enfolding one side of the shoots, very harsh and dark-colored, 
and retain their color longer than most others. It is a peculiar 
looking tree, of smaller size, as well as much more compact growth, 
than the species. Probably more curious than pleasing. 
The Smooth-leaved Wych Elm. U. m. glabra .—This is a 
variety resembling our white elm in form, but not so broadly spread¬ 
ing, and with smoother and smaller leaves. Of no superior value 
except to complete collections of elms. What are known as the 
Huntington, Downton, and Chichester elms, each of some English 
local fame, are varieties of this sort, and would not probably have 
any sufficiently marked character to recommend them to us. 
The Scamston Elm. Ulmus m. glabra .—This is a compara¬ 
tively new variety of weeping elm, and differs materially from the 
pendulous Scotch elm, before described ; and from all the pendu¬ 
lous forms of our native elms. The characteristic that distinguishes 
it is a compact overlaying of its branches upon each other, and 
their uniform downward tendency. Instead of a picturesque out¬ 
line, it therefore forms a broad low top, quite similar, but on a 
much larger scale, to that of the Kilmarnock willow. It is of rank 
growth, often making shoots of a zigzag character from six to ten 
feet long in a season. The leaves are very large, irregular, dark, 
and glossy, and clothe the branches superbly. Sargent, in his Sup¬ 
plement to Downing’s Landscape Gardening, thus alludes to it: 
“ When grafted as it should be, fifteen to twenty feet high, the 
branches make a curvilinear droop to the ground with a growth so 
regular and symmetrical as to give the whole tree the appearance 
of a gigantic arbor regularly trained and trimmed, and, by making 
an arched opening on one side, it can be well used for this pur¬ 
pose ; the thick umbrageous character of the leaves producing the 
most agreeable and dense shade.” It is a valuable addition to our 
stock of gardenesque trees, such as are adapted to artificial treat¬ 
ment for special purposes. Thrifty young elm trees of the common 
sorts, if in locations where such a grand arbor as the kind Mr. 
Sargent has above suggested would be useful, may be grafted all 
over the top with the Scamston elm, and changed quickly into a 
